1926 Australia season
This was the 1926 ice hockey season in Australia:
Overview
The Victorian Championship series in Melbourne was held for the 12th time. The participants were Brighton, Essendon and St. Kilda. The title was won by the St. Kilda Blackhawks.
The 11th Goodall Cup Inter-State Series between Victoria and New South Wales was staged from August 7-11, 1926. It was won by New South Wales, 3-games-to-none.
The fifth New South Wales Championship took place in Sydney. North Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, and the Glebe Lions competed. Glebe won the championship.
Results
- Victorian Championship
First round
- 6/14: St. Kilda - Brighton 2:0 - goals: Kershaw (2)[1]
- 6/21: Brighton - Essendon 1:0 - goals: Collins[2]
- 6/28: St. Kilda - Essendon 3:0 - goals: Billaborrow (2), Kershaw[3]
- 7/6: St. Kilda - Brighton 1:1[4]
- 7/12: Brighton - Essendon 2:1[5]
- 7/19: Essendon - St. Kilda 2:1[6]
- 7/26: St. Kilda - Brighton 2:1 - goals: Kershaw (2)/Dixon[7]
- 8/2: Brighton - Essendon 3:2[8]
St. Kilda won the Goodall Cup as first round premiers (minor premiership).
Playoffs
- 8/23: Brighton - Essendon 2:2 - goals: Armstrong, Dixson/Callaway, Molony - semifinal[9]
- 8/30: Essendon - Brighton 2:0 - semifinal replay[10]
- 9/6: St. Kilda - Essendon 3:0 - final[11]
St. Kilda won the Sutherland Cup for the major premiership.
- New South Wales Championship
- 6/12: Western Suburbs - Eastern Suburbs 3:2 - goals: J. Pike (2), G. Slade/F. White[12]
- 6/16: Glebe Lions - North Sydney 3:1 - goals: Turner (3)/Reid[13]
- 6/19: Eastern Suburbs - North Sydney 3:2 - goals: J. Brown (2), F. White/Reid, Gibson[14]
- 6/23: Glebe Lions - Western Suburbs 1:0 - goals: Wells[15]
- 6/26: Glebe Lions - Eastern Suburbs 4:1 - goals: Turner, Benn, K. Raith/White[16]
- 7/17: North Sydney - Eastern Suburbs 2:2[17]
- 8/21: Glebe Lions tied North Sydney - Glebe clinched premiership[18]
- 8/21: Glebe North - Western Suburbs 1:0 - goals: Gray - Glebe won reserve grade competition[18]
- Other games
- 7/31: New South Wales - The Rest 2:1 - goals: J. Pike (2)/G. Slade[19]
Contemporary accounts
The June 14, 1926, edition of The Age.
The June 23, 1926, edition of The Age.
The June 29, 1926, edition of The Age.
The July 13, 1926, edition of The Age.
The August 24, 1926, edition of The Age.
The September 7, 1926, edition of The Argus.
References
- ↑ The Age, 1926-06-16
- ↑ Sporting Globe, 1926-06-23
- ↑ The Age, 1926-06-29
- ↑ The Argus, 1926-07-07
- ↑ The Age, 1926-07-13
- ↑ Sporting Globe, 1926-07-21
- ↑ The Age, 1926-07-28
- ↑ The Age, 1926-08-05
- ↑ The Age, 1926-08-24
- ↑ The Argus, 1926-09-04
- ↑ The Argus, 1926-09-07
- ↑ The Sun, 1926-06-13
- ↑ Evening News, 1926-06-17
- ↑ The Sun, 1926-06-20
- ↑ The Sun, 1926-06-24
- ↑ The Sun, 1926-06-27
- ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald, 1926-07-19
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 The Sun, 1926-08-22
- ↑ The Sun, 1926-08-01
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